Fur-beating machine.



S. M. JACOBY.

FUR BEATENG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY28. 1915.

1,209,300. Y Patented Dec. 19,1916.

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FUR BEATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED, JULY 2a. 1915.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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FUR-IBEATING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. i9, 1916.

Application filed July 28, 1915. Serial No. 42,365.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SELLMAR M. J ACOBY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented "a new and useful Improvement in Fur-Beating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in fur beating machines, with the object in view of providing a machine having a series of flexible beaters adapted to be vibrated in a path toward and away from the article to be beaten, the speed of which beaters is under the control of the operator.

Another object is to providea means for absorbing the shock given to the beaters through the rebound, after the blow is struck.

Another object is to provide a support for the article to be beaten, which support may be readily moved to any desired position.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the machine, Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same partly broken away to show parts more clearly below, Fig. 3 represents a detail horizontal section taken in the plane of the line A-A of Fig. -1, Fig. 4 represents a detail rear view of the casing holdvibrating mechanism, Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detail section taken in the plane of the line B--B of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 represents an enlarged detail section taken in the plane of the line CC of Fig.1.

The machine comprises an upright standard denoted. by 1, a base 2, having supporting legs 3, and a casing 4. The standard 1 is fixed in the base 2 and the casingis supported on top of the standard 1 bymeans of a socket 5 carried by the easing. A drive shaft 6 is mounted in suitable bearings in the walls of the casing 4 and has fixed thereon eccentrics 7, in the present instance three; A shaft 8 is also mounted in hearings in the wallsof the casing 4, and has loosely mounted thereonoscillatingleouter ends of the arms 11 by springs 18, lo-

he tension of the springs 18.

' of a friction clutch, while the fixed member 'recess 28 between the sheave and the memtion 36 and the lever 32 to take up any excess vers 9 havingdepending arms 10 and forwardly extending arms 11.

Eccentric straps 12 connect the depending arms 10 with the eccentrics 7 for imparting oscillatory motion to the levers 9. Beaters 13 are carried by the levers 9, one end of each of the heaters being secured in sockets 14 by. means of a set screw 15. The heaters are also supported a distance from the ends by yielding hubs 16, which are mounted to slide vertically in the outer ends of the arms 11. The hubs 16 are provided with resilient bushings 17 which embrace the beaters, and assist in absorbing the shock as well as lend flexibility to the beaters. The hubs 16 are yieldingly held in the cated between the heads of pins 19 depending from the hubs, and sockets 20. The pins 19 are permitted a free vertically sliding movement in ends of the arms 11 under A motor 21 is mounted upon a bracket 22 adjustably secured to the standard 1, which motor transmits motion to the drive shaft 6 through a belt 23 and sheave or pulley 24. This sheave 24 forms the movable member 25 is secured to the drive shaft 6. The fixed member 25 is provided with a long hub 26 upon which the cup-shaped hub 27 of the sheave24 freely rotates. The sheave also has a recess 28 which is adapted to receive the member 25'. A disk of fiber or other suitable material 29 is interposed in the her 25 for presenting a gripping or contacting face to the member 25.

To operate the clutch, a foot pedal 30 is pivoted at 31 to the'leg 3 and is provided with an uprising lever 32. A clutch lever 33 is pivoted at 34 to a depending lug 35' of the casing 4, one end of which lever projects through an opening in the socket 5 and standard 1 and has a yielding and flexible connection 36 with the lever 32 of thefoot pedal 30. The connection 36 passes downwardly through the standard 1 to a pulley 37 on the base 2, thence to the lever 32.. A spring 38 is interposed between the connec-' pressure given to the foot pedal and to keep the connection at all times taut. The other end of the clutch'lever 33 is upturned and has a threaded pin 39 which is adjustablysecured in a slot 40in the end of the lever 33. The pin 39 is secured in position to engage the cup-shaped hub 27 of the sheave 24. A spring 41 is wrapped around the hub of the lever 33, one end of which spring engages a pin 42 on the lever and the other end of which engages the casing. The purpose of the spring is to normally hold the lever 33 and pin 39 away from the cup-shaped hub 27, so that the sheave 24 will be allowed to rotate free of the member 25. The sheave 24 is held in contact by means of a gravity pawl 43 pivoted at 44 to the foot pedal 30, which pawl is adapted to engage a ratchet 45 fixed on the leg 3. A pedal 46 extends forwardly from the pawl 43 as a convenient means for releasing the pawl from the ratchet and, at the same time, controlling the operation of the machine by the operators foot.

To restrain the upward movement of the beaters, there is attached to the casing 4 upwardly and forwardly extending arms 47, 48, between which a strip of leather or other suitable material 49 is stretched and secured. To present the articles to be beaten beneath the heaters, a support or table 50 is mounted upon a stand 51 having casters or rollers 52 thereon for conveniently moving the table beneath the beaters. While I have shown only three beaters with their operating mechanism, it will be understood that I may locate more or less beaters with their mechanism within the casingand driven from the shaft 6. V

In operation, assuming that the motor 21 is running with the several parts of the machine in the position shown in the drawings, the foot pedal 30, with its pawl 43, through the cup-shaped hub 27, pin 39, lever 33 and connection 36, holds against the clutch member 25, thereby driv- -ing the shaft 6 at the speed of the motor.

The rotation of the shaft 6 with the eccentrics 7 thereon oscillates the levers 9 through the depending arms 10 and the straps 12, thereby vibrating the heaters 13 from the hubs 16 in the ends of the arms 11. The eccentrics 7 being placed on the shaft 6 in different radial positions, cause the beaters to strike the article upon the table beneath them at different times. As the beaters 13 are vibrated the support 50 with the article thereon may be moved to any desired position with respect to the beaters'without stopping the machine. When it is desired to stop or' reduce the number of vibrations of the sheave 24 tightly which parting either permits a slip between the two clutch members by a slight frictional contact, or separates them entirely according to the amount of pressure taken off the foot pedal 30. Thus it will be seen that the device is completely under the control of the operators foot, leaving the hands of the operator free to move the support 50 to any desired position beneath the beaters.

While I have described this as a fur beating machine, it is obvious that it is well adapted for beating any other material.

It is obvious that slight changes may be resorted to in the form, construction and arrangement 'of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth, but

What I claim is:

1. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, levers mounted therein, a series of beaters carried by said leavers, means mounted on the casing for limiting the upward movement of the beaters, means for oscillating said levers, a slip clutch arranged to control said oscillating means whereby the speed of the beaters may be varied, and a support for the articles to be beaten.

2. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, levers mounted therein, a series of beaters carried by said levers, yielding bearings for said beaters on said levers, means mounted on the casing for limiting the upward movement of the beaters, means for oscillating said levers, a slip clutch arranged to control said oscillating means whereby the speed of the beaters may be varied, and a support for the articles to be beaten.

3. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, levers mounted therein, a series of beaters carried by said levers, yielding bearings having resilient bushings for said beaters, means for oscillating said levers, a slip clutch arranged to control said oscillating means whereby the speed of the beaters may be varied, and a support for the articles to be beaten.

4. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, levers mounted therein, a motor driven shaft mounted in said casing, means connecting the shaft with the levers for oscillating them, a slip clutch carried by the shaft, means for operating said clutch, a series of beaters carried by the levers, yielding bearings for said beaters on said levers, and a support for the articles to be beaten.

5. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, levers mounted therein, a motor driven shaft mounted in said casing,

means connecting the shaft with the levers for oscillating them, a slip clutch carried by the shaft, a foot controlled means foroperating said clutch, a series of heaters carried 5 by the levers, yielding bearings for said 10 a motor driven shaft mounted 1n said casing,

means connecting the shaft with the levers for oscillating, them, a slip clutch carried by the shaft, av foot controlled means for operating said clutch, a series of heaters carried by the levers, yielding bearings having resilient bushings for said heaters on the levers, and a support for the articles to be beaten.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 24th day of June, 1915.

SELLMAR M. JACOBY. 

